Missed Manners
Irish Session Etiquette in Society, Business, Politics, and Home
Leather Apron
Back to Original Tune Database Reel, G Major (Click image for full tune) Download Flute & Guitar Audio Download SOLO FLUTE Audio When the online session Matt Heaton and I started in March 2020 turned three years old, I wanted to write a tune for our community. I did a quick online search for appropriate […]
Knit the Collar
Back to Original Tune Database Jig, D Modal (Click image for full tune) Download Flute & Guitar Audio Download SOLO FLUTE Audio One of the benefits of playing gigs is getting to know people who attend shows regularly. Janet is one of our most industrious fans. She has brought lovely friendship–and armloads of craft projects–to […]
Green Velvet Chair
Back to Original Tune Database Hornpipe, A Major (Click image for full tune) Download Flute & Guitar Audio Download SOLO FLUTE Audio I found four kitchen chairs at an old junk shop. Great shape, comfortable design, and a FUN bright yellow! Only… once they got to our home, I realized the color was not […]
Blue Dress Waltz
Back to Original Tune Database Waltz, A Major (Click image for full tune) Download Flute & Guitar Audio I have this awesome vintage dress — it’s bright blue, with a layer of blue lace over the shell. It looks very delicate. Though you’d have to have hands of steel to rip it apart. I wrote […]
Anniversary Reel
Back to Original Tune Database Slow Reel, D Modal (Click image for full tune) Download Flute & Guitar Audio My mom, sister, and I all celebrate wedding anniversaries with our wonderful husbands in September. I wrote this tune to celebrate the Murphy girls’ good fortune. https://youtu.be/kszyHgdjvNw Back to Original Tune Database Shannon Heaton Website IMS […]
Where is my Tukata
Back to Original Tune Database Jig, D Modal (Click image for full tune) Download Flute & Guitar Audio Download SOLO FLUTE Audio Noel Scott is a master carpenter and fine accordion player. Until Covid hit, he had been overseeing a renovation of our home. Back when we began the house project with him, we needed […]
40 Watt Waltz
Back to Original Tune Database Waltz, B Minor (Click image for full tune) Download Flute & Guitar Audio Download SOLO FLUTE Audio My family finished 2022 by installing two little bronze sconces in our tiny music studio. The warm light really pulls our 8×11 foot space together. I also hoped it might shine some light […]
Grenadilla Seas
Back to Original Tune Database Jig, D Modal (Click image for full tune) Download Flute & Guitar Audio Download SOLO FLUTE Audio I am grateful to live in Massachusetts—I love the ocean, the woods, the quick wit, all the great Irish music/ians, and the fine early music workshop that Patrick Von Heune maintains in Brookline. […]
Foot of the Hill
Back to Original Tune Database Jig, C Major (Click image for full tune) Download Flute & Guitar Audio Download SOLO FLUTE Audio In 1997 I got a flute from Patrick Olwell. I’ve played this 6-keyed instrument on four continents, and written many tunes on it. (I’ve even written tunes in C, though the low […]
